00:00There's a common misconception that some people learn faster than others,
00:04but a new study reveals we actually learn at very similar rates given the same opportunities.
00:10According to Science Alert, researchers looked at 1.3 million student interactions
00:15across a variety of learning software tools used by 6,946 learners,
00:21ranging from late elementary schoolers to college students.
00:25The data was across a multitude of subjects and formats.
00:28The biggest influence over someone's academic performance was found to be the starting point
00:33and the opportunity to further practice what they had learned.
00:37Ken Kodinger, a cognitive psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, says,
00:43The data showed that achievement gaps come from differences in learning opportunities
00:47and that better access to such opportunities can help close those gaps.
00:51Our results are not contradicting that people end up in different places,
00:55but accounting for where students are starting from can tell us a lot about where they will end up.
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